Rising costs and lower spending hit Arizona's sales tax revenue

W. P. Carey economist explains how rising costs and weaker consumer spending are cutting into Arizona’s sales-tax revenue.

In this article published November 6, 2025, on Arizona Horizon:

This kind of economic grief its hurting the lower part of the economy the most. But it also hurting the airlines and grocery stores and there's a lot of things working against the lower end of the economy. It's really clear, this year, that the new administration, is really on the side of the rich guys. You can really tell a difference.

— Dale Rogers, ON Semiconductor Professor of Business and director of the Frontier Economies Logistics Lab and the Internet Edge Supply Chain Lab